The annual Dancing with the
Chesapeake Sister Cities Stars event was created to gain awareness
for the need of developing international relations among cities
that exist within different countries. A portion of the proceeds
raised from this event was to benefit medical mission development
through Montero Medical Missions.

Coordinating Organization

The organization that coordinates this annual event is the
Sister
Cities Committee of Chesapeake, Inc. that is member of
Sister Cities International.
Sister Cities International was created at President Eisenhower’s
1956 White House conference on citizen diplomacy. Eisenhower
envisioned an organization that could be the hub of peace
and prosperity by creating bonds between people from different
cities around the world. By forming these relationships, President
Eisenhower reasoned that people of different cultures could
celebrate and appreciate their differences and build partnerships
that would lessen the chance of new conflicts.

Sister
Cities International creates relationships based on cultural,
educational, information and trade exchanges, creating lifelong
friendships that provide prosperity and peace through person-to-person
“citizen diplomacy.” Since its inception, Sister
Cities International has played a key role in renewing and
strengthening important global relationships. Sister Cities
International improved diplomatic relationships at watershed
moments over the past 50 years, including partnerships with
China in the 1970s.

PAOB’s Involvement

PAOB members were on location to support to this initiative
through volunteerism, event and media coordination. PAOB contributed
media and press services to this event through the PAOB Press
Network.

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Annual

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